வறட்சியால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு உயிரிழந்த 33 விவசாயிகளின் குடும்பங்களை முதல்வர், அமைச்சர்கள் என யாரும் நேரில் சந்தித்து அறுதல் கூட கூறவில்லை...

DMK leader M.K. Stalin expressed profound anguish on December 23, 2016, over the acute indifference shown by the ruling dispensation toward distressed farming communities. He condemned Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and cabinet ministers for failing to personally visit or console the bereaved families of thirty-three farmers who lost their lives to drought-induced shock and suicides across Tamil Nadu.

Stalin noted that devastating crop loss and mounting institutional debts had pushed rural households into utter destitution. While grieving families coped with sudden loss and unpaid agricultural borrowings, not a single minister visited their villages to offer condolences, disburse ex-gratia compensation, or review ground realities. Stalin underscored that this absence revealed complete administrative apathy toward food producers who sustained the state economy under harsh conditions.

The opposition leader emphasized that governance required direct empathy and prompt executive presence during severe agricultural distress. Stalin demanded immediate financial compensation for every bereaved rural family alongside comprehensive crop loss enumeration across affected districts. He called upon the state administration to abandon its detached stance, dispatch official delegations directly to agrarian belts, and restore confidence among vulnerable cultivators facing extreme distress.